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HDL Commerce against WooCommerce

Straight to it. Here are the differences, line by line — cost, features, hosting and the time it takes to go live. You decide.

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HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
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WooCommerce WordPress plugin

Point by point

The comparison

HDL Commerce Composable SaaS
WooCommerce WordPress plugin

Cost & hosting

Licence model
yes: A fixed, predictable subscription
partly: A free plugin — but paid add-ons
Hosting & operations Who is responsible?
yes: Included and run for you
no: Yours or your agency's
Upgrades
yes: Continuous, automatic
no: Plugin updates can collide
Security & patching
yes: Handled continuously
no: Your responsibility, plus plugin vulnerabilities

Out of the box

B2B (pricing, agreements, quotes)
yes: Built in
no: Requires paid add-ons
PIM — product information
yes: Built in
no: A third-party plugin
Multichannel & markets
yes: Built in
partly: Limited, via plugins
Headless storefront
yes: API-first from the start
partly: Possible but heavy

Integration & technology

Ready-made connectors ERP, payments, shipping
yes: Ready-made
partly: Via plugins (quality varies)
Open APIs REST & GraphQL
yes: Versioned & stable
yes: A REST API exists
Your own development
yes: Open APIs & webhooks
yes: Open source (PHP)
Data access & export
yes: No lock-in
yes: Your own database

Time & support

Time to launch
yes: Days to weeks
partly: Fast to start, expensive to run
Support in Swedish
yes: A Nordic team
no: Community or agency
Uptime & SLA
yes: 99.3% in Sweden
no: Depends on the hosting
Yes Partly No

The comparison assumes a typical mid-sized Nordic merchant with both B2B and B2C needs. WooCommerce and WordPress are trademarks of Automattic and the WordPress Foundation respectively.

Count the whole thing, not just the licence.

WooCommerce is free to start with — but the cost moves to hosting, add-ons, security and operations. Here is the honest picture.

HDL Commerce

One predictable price

0% transaction fees
  • ✓ Platform, hosting, security and updates included
  • ✓ No per-order or GMV licence fees
  • ✓ Ready-made integrations — fewer consultant hours
  • ✓ No upgrade projects over time
WooCommerce

Cheap to start, expensive to run

Plugin stack
  • • Hosting, CDN and security on you
  • • Paid add-ons for B2B, PIM and performance
  • • An agency for maintenance and updates
  • • Performance and security risk at scale

Migration

Moving off WooCommerce? We do the heavy lifting.

1 Assessment

We map your WooCommerce store, plugins and integrations. You get a clear plan.

2 Migration

Catalogue, customers, orders and content move across. 301 redirects preserve your SEO.

3 Integrations

We connect ERP, payments and shipping with ready-made connectors — not custom code.

4 Live

We go live together, watch the launch and run the platform from there.

What people ask before switching

Common questions

Do we have to rebuild everything from scratch?+

No. We migrate your existing catalogue, customer data and orders. The storefront is built on our headless foundation, but you keep your content, your URLs and your SEO.

How long does a migration take?+

Most merchants are live in weeks rather than months. The exact time depends on how many integrations you have and how customised your current setup is — the free assessment answers that.

What happens to our WooCommerce plugins?+

Most of what plugins solve in WooCommerce is built into HDL Commerce — B2B pricing, PIM, performance and multichannel. For the rest we have ready-made integrations or open APIs.

Do we own our data?+

Always. Your data is yours. Open APIs and export with no lock-in mean you can take all of it with you, whenever you want.

Where is the platform hosted?+

In Sweden, on green infrastructure, GDPR-safe and with 99.3% uptime. We handle hosting, security and updates.

Next step

See the difference for yourself.

Book a demo with our commerce architects. We show the platform and run your TCO against WooCommerce.

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